Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-02

you live in this neighbornood, Miss Tai
bot?"
"At Rose Cottage-yes."
81 heard that it had been lately let, but
knew not to whom. This is most IN
expected pleasure"
To Melanie it certainly was not.
~ fear we are trespassing," said she,
at 8 loss for remark.
"Trespes sing-how can you say sO?"
"This is Jolly" thought Dick; ~ sbsI
have the run Of the woods and moor. He
is not half bad sors, this old baronet,"
he added aside 10 Lonsdale, VINO said:
81 have not forgotten my promise-you
shall have that gun"
"And may l shoot here:" exclaimed
Dick.
''When l give you permissiou-but not
to have dogs in the covers" said Sir
Briscoe.
What else could he say, with MelSnie's
soft eyes upon him? TIE baronet was Z
strict preserver Of his game, and had been
for years the terror Of any poacher in
( Oxfordshire; he had succeeded in i'm
! pressing on all-his neighbours particu-
larly-thst he held his shootings for his
oHn delectstion, and had ordered his
keepers to be merciless to all the wander
IL = NOsS'-4-C-NC I41C C4a1SC VI CAOL lIaL
had sent Bingo limpirg home.
meantime will you give US some tea?"
ssid Sir Brisco, laughing IS he saw the
kettle was boiling vigorously now, under
/ the superintendent of Amy BrendOn and
| the Hussar, who was protesting TO
! assist her, while Dick acted efficiently
as "stoker," il procuring dry branches
/ for the fire.
The addition of theee 10 the pGrty,
when cups and saucers had been provided
! for only four, caused much merriment,
and took the ledge" off any awk ward
! ness that might have been felt by
MelGnie and Sir Brisco, of whose secret
If secret it could be called-Lonsdale
was as yet ignorant.
Melsnie remembered the half-uttered
hints Of Miss Tremayne, and when Sir
Brisco YVES lingering near her elder broth
er's chair, and talking TO him in & kindly
and sympathetic manner, she could not
| help asking her 1snce if he knew tina
young lady
"Know Hilda Tremayne? OF course
do" said he, laughing. "Haf the fellows
in the service know Hilds. knew her in
India"
81 met her at ChilIington, and she
spoke much Of you"
"Flattering. she used my Christian
name, have no doubt"
"Quite appropriated you, in fact"
"Girls CT Hilda TremaVne's kind adopt
that stvle. She is now on visit not fs1
from here.
Tndeed!"
eyes, she is. at Oxford, with her uncle
there, q professor at Trinity"
He knew Of this. How and when did
he come to know it? was Melsnie's suspi-
clous thought. She disdained to inquire
yet the CIRCUMSTANCE, or fact, though
openly acknowledged, annoyed and
piqued hefs for Miss Tremsyne enjoyed
the reputsss6n OF beng dangerous.
Theush4pparentIy occupied with Regi-
neid Ts aeS5 when Sir Brisco saw Melanie
with the fsdpg officer, though he knew
nothing Of their engagement, or mad the
faintsst suspicion That they were more
than 4crdinaFy aedusintances, he felt 8
littl8, but irrepresslbIe emotion Of envy
and chagrin, as he thought of the gull
his own sixty years and mere opened De
tween himself and her.
It is Emerson who says that if we die
notfnd the reflection Of ourselves in the
eyes OF young people, we could not know
perhaps, that the. century CLOCK haC
struck seventy. instead of twenty. Thus
though Sir Brisco felt himself old, es
pecially by comparison, he was by nc
! means disposed TO finch from the task
= IT. task it was-of winning Melanie, wtC
jast then looked so charming in q wei
lifted light summer dress, which, beine
without shawl or Jacket, displayed the
outline of her shspely husband shoulders
her hair, Of the richest brown, shaded bJ
most piquante hat, while her long gloves
Being off, revealed the wilderness Of heI
GENDER hands end tspering arms.
I Considering what had PASSED between
# them before at theslawn-tennis party anC
:. elsewhere, there was something decided
~ awkward in their meeting again, under
any circumstances. Both felt this, but
Melanie had all womans delicscy and
tact, and the Oaronet's mature years en-
abled him to control his features anC
emotions better than g younger mar
might have done, and this impaired c
certain GOODNESS end confidence to tht
bearing Of Melanie.
$50 you have quite forgiven US f0
trespassing, Notwithstanding that ter
rible board, with its threats about prose
cution and being sh0t?" she said, with
playful laugh.
''You have the right to roam over ant
use at your pleasure every eCre Of Ravens
bourne Hail." said he, gallantiy,
"Thanks."
eyes" he continued, in 8 low voice
"as Janins says-sfter all, the right divin
of beauty is the only one 8 Briton ough
to acknowledge, and 2 pretty woman tn
only tyrant he is not authorized to re
sist."
, Melanie laughed sgsin-as she sippet
her tes-but less easily; MS compliment
, and love making were always old-fssh
; Toned, too direct, and somewhat on stills
And now, the Husssr having contrivet
10 appropriate Amy Rrendon, the poo
occupant o. the Bath-Ch2ir was left for
little time to himself.
, Horace Musgr.ve was slender, straight
and certainly rather NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ing, with decided light cavalry ai
about him. In face he was regular fea
tured, deeply brorzed by the Egyptian
sun, close-shaven, with q heavy, dsr
| mustsche shading well cut mouth
Moreover, ne had earnest, honest an,
S handsome eyes, with not an atom of tn
fashionable and cultivated sir CT bore
dom, so often affected by the blase Eng
5 lish "softy." Horace was too genuine
4, soldier for th&t, and contrived within
: short space to say some very plessir
: things 10 little Amy, ocCasionirg a mo
mentary lifting of her soft eyes Of hazel
r grey, which filed him with natural de
sire to see them again; but now sh
q dropped them, busy, apparently, with
S bouquet at her breast.
a 81 dc SO love howers," said she.